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تَغَلْغَلَ

Root: غل

Form: R. Q. 2

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تَغَلْغَلَ
R. Q. 2
: see 1, first quarter, in two places. قَدْ تَغَلْغَلْتَ يَا عَدُوَّ ٱللّٰهِ, said to the مُخَنَّث Heet, when he described a woman, as is related in a trad., is expl. as meaning Thou hast reached, in thy looking, of the beauties of this woman, a point which no looker, nor any one having close communion, nor any describer, has reached [beside thee, O enemy of God].
2 Also He went quickly: one says, تَغَلْغَلُوا فَمَضَوْا [They went quickly, and passed, or passed away].

def.2 تغلغل بِالغَالِيَةِ: see 2.
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